School Librarian

Colne Valley High School

School Librarian

Permanent role,

37 hours per week, term time only

Salary - £19,974 per annum (FTE £23,500)

You will be expected to organise, oversee, and facilitate the use and maintenance of the library, ensuring its effective use by classes, groups and individuals and select, acquire, and organise the library resources and ICT to support teaching and learning covering the full range and ability of the school. The successful candidate will be required to encourage purposeful use of the library for study and will assist in the delivery of literacy and reading intervention strategies.

Part of your role will be to ensure that the library is stocked with an up-to-date range of relevant books and resources. You will promote a stimulating, safe and welcoming environment for students with a consistent focus on reading and developing independent users. It will be your responsibility to ensure that the library catalogues and classification systems are as user-friendly as possible, so that readers can find the books they need.

If you are committed to promoting the benefits of reading to the lives of young people, then we would love to hear from you.

In return you will work with a progressive and forward thinking Multi Academy Trust where there are opportunities for development and career progression. As a Trust we offer many benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and contributory pension through the West Yorkshire Pension Fund. Great Heights Academy Trust is a growing multi-academy trust with eight schools in the West Yorkshire area with plans to further expand. In addition, we are home to a SCITT, Research School and an English Hub.

If you are interested in this role, please complete our application form, as a Word Document and return to Hayley Drummond, Recruitment Officer at h.drummond@greatheightstrust.org.uk

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing Date - Thursday 21st November, 9.00am

Interviews - TBC

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV's and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications, and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.

In return you will work with a progressive and forward thinking Multi Academy Trust where there are opportunities for development and career progression. As a Trust we offer many benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and contributory pension through the West Yorkshire Pension Fund. Great Heights Academy Trust is a growing multi-academy trust with eight schools in the West Yorkshire area with plans to further expand. In addition, we are home to a SCITT, Research School and an English Hub.